Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59449
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora Core 6 FEDORA-2007-019 (avahi)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to avahi announced via advisory FEDORA-2007-019. Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network -- this means that you can plug your laptop or computer into a network and instantly be able to view other people who you can chat with, find printers to print to or find files being shared. This kind of technology is already found in MacOS X (branded 'Rendezvous', 'Bonjour' and sometimes 'ZeroConf') and is very convenient. Update Information: This update shoul fix CVE-2006-6870 reported in #221440. * Sun Jan 7 2007 Martin Bacovsky - 0.6.16-1.fc6 - Resolves: #221440 - CVE-2006-6870 Maliciously crafted packed can DoS avahi daemon - Resolves: #219218 - avahi package does not create group netdev Solution: Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be downloaded from: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/ This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2007-019 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 5.0
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-6870 BugTraq ID: 21881 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21881 http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2362 http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2408 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:003 http://secunia.com/advisories/23628 http://secunia.com/advisories/23644 http://secunia.com/advisories/23660 http://secunia.com/advisories/23673 http://secunia.com/advisories/23782 http://secunia.com/advisories/24995 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:007 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-402-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0071
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